English Explanatory Dictionary

glor

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Fat, especially as a soft mass.
adj
  1. Fat, fatty; corpulent.

Word forms

glor glorr gloar glair glaur glore glur glure glurr more glor most glor

Etymology

Uncertain. Compare Saterland Frisian glärich (“slippery, greasy, dirty”), Saterland Frisian gläärje (“to smear”), Low German glaren (“to become greasy, exude fat”), Middle Low German glarren (“to apply resin to, cover with a sticky substance”).

Derived words

glor-fat glorry
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